Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow she found her voice and said faintly , ‘ I do n't think I 'm strong enough to be ravished at the moment . ’ |
| 2 | The work was successful enough to be repeated at the Club 's next performance , given at Sadler 's Wells in November , this time with Nadia Nerina as the wooden doll . |
| 3 | The Orc army destroyed a small scouting force of Dwarfs who were unlucky enough to be caught at the eastern end of the pass . |
| 4 | This may be an injection or , as is increasingly common , a number of tablets or capsules all to be taken at the same time . |
| 5 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 6 | In 1863 , Manet 's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected at the annual Salon only to be exhibited at the Salon des Refusés . |
| 7 | James Cleveland Owens , as he was christened , eclipsed the achievements of every previous Olympian when he swept through to win the sprint and long jump events , only to be rebuffed at the presentation ceremonies . |
| 8 | At home most were never up at this hour , and breakfast was either a meal only to be enjoyed at the weekend or eaten hastily prior to catching the bus to work . |
| 9 | Cheryl Wragg , 34 , was airlifted 150 miles for the operation , just weeks after 10-year-old Adele 's appeal , only to be told at the last minute the lungs were unsuitable . |
| 10 | Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’ |
| 11 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 12 | Or , as Niall Fitzduff put it , the community ‘ is not to be destroyed at the whim of mining company ’ while nothing could ‘ compensate us or the generations to come for the loss of our community ’ . |
| 13 | The Nagorny Karabakh Supreme Soviet presidium on July 1 reversed its decision not to be represented at the Rome negotiations [ see p. 38975 ] . |
| 14 | It is simply that the necessary distinctions are not to be found at the level of categorical separation but rather at the level where they are in fact produced , which is that of both general and specific cultural and social orders . |
| 15 | It has always been made clear that the Government 's reforms are not to be introduced at the expense of patient and client care . |
| 16 | They have said that they are disappointed not to be making at the very least £12 million , and possibly even £17 million — and are determined to do better in 1995 . |
| 17 | Before television and feminine liberation , when the men were out drinking or at football , the women on their off-duty moments were usually to be seen at the window , where their social life was to be found . |
| 18 | Where an old person is still to be seen at the centre of a web of relationships that extend down the generations and through the individual members to the community beyond it can be quite startling how the pleasure derived from life remains undiminished despite quite severe physical and material handicaps . |
| 19 | The first hole in one ever to be recorded at the fourth gave Jeff Sluman the early momentum and his 65 caught Lanny Wadkins , who has now been under par in seven consecutive rounds at Augusta . |
| 20 | We 've got Gerry Addams who er wanted earlier in the week if we were to believe what seemed now like to be sitting at a table discussing peace , there he is carrying a bomber 's coffin . |
| 21 | Her foul-mouthed old mother was also to be seen at the school ‘ meetings ’ , shouting about the bottoms , while children hurled abuse and insult and accusations at one another . |
| 22 | Letters were then drawn up to be enrolled at the Court of Chancery so we would have the necessary licence to trade . |
| 23 | The Japanese colonial empire was swiftly dismantled even though some regrets were later to be expressed at the Japanese departure from Korea and Taiwan . |
| 24 | This conflict is clearly to be seen at the level of organized local politics ( chapter 1 ) , although the particular interests of the farming and landowning community add complexity to this . |
| 25 | ‘ And , for goodness ’ sake , Laura , stop standing there like Joan of Arc about to be burnt at the stake ! ’ |
| 26 | The remainder of the forest wastes was in most cases divided between the lords of the manors and the commoners , in proportion to the value of their interests : the allotments were then to be fenced at the expense of the proprietors . |
| 27 | At St Michaels even the rules they do have regarding animals are there to be broken at the special blessing service |
| 28 | Indeed , as Amiss saw with fascination , his first act on sitting down to breakfast was to open the tabloid at page three , fold it and prop it against the sugar bowl in such a way that the topless pin-up of the day was there to be looked at every time he got bored with the Telegraph . |
| 29 | 11 , has been a source of problems which perhaps have yet to be resolved at the highest level . |
| 30 | Somehow , with Aunt Millie 's help , it had come all right — if being turned out , forbidden to see your sisters or brother , cut off without a penny , your name never to be mentioned at the family dinner-table , could be called that … . |